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Booking.com: The unexpected scoring system

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  • Mellinas, Juan Pedro
  • Martínez María-Dolores, Soledad-María
  • Bernal García, Juan Jesús

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Academic researchers in the hospitality industry found in Booking.com an excellent source of information, as it collects millions of hotel reviews in a rapid, inexpensive and convenient manner. They proposed that Booking.com uses a scoring system with a traditional scale of 0–10 or 1–10. However, they are mistaken, as it actually uses a 2.5–10 scale. This error may cause statistical inaccuracies when using this database for research. It also helps to inflate scores to the higher end of the scale.

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  • Mellinas, Juan Pedro & Martínez María-Dolores, Soledad-María & Bernal García, Juan Jesús, 2015. "Booking.com: The unexpected scoring system," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 72-74.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:touman:v:49:y:2015:i:c:p:72-74
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.08.019
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